Archery Business Jan-Feb 2012
KNIGHT HALE 40TH ANNIVERSARY Whats In A Name Plenty Early in the game perhaps even before they began working together fulltime Harold and David realized that a call would sell a turkey if it sounded right with the right tonal qualities and sequencing of yelps A call might attract a duck if it was blown properly and in the correct sequence for the species hunted But there was an equally important issue attracting hunters The Sweeper three reed call is designed for high volume raspy double note yelping by World Champion Steve Stoltz In the Knight Hale Advanced Performance line the Sweeper is built with new precision equipment and state of the art blended materials Naming a call is very important Harold says their Ol Yeller being a good example We even made the Ol Yeller pot from cherry wood and engraved a turkey on the bottom This friction calls name Ol Yeller was of course a play on words Walt Disneys 1957 movie Old Yeller about a faithful farm dog remains one of the most popular movies of all time especially in rural areas where people hunt and dogs actually perform work Knight Hale also tinted the pot yellow and the term yeller does just what it says in making a range of authentic turkey communications Harold and David went on to develop popular names such as Death Chamber and Rack Blaster for deer White Liar and Widow Maker for turkey Big Talker for ducks Behind those names however was extensive research We were really on top of what would and would not sell Harold says but timing is very important When we came up with the EZ Grunt er deer call bowhunting was on 46 archeryBUSINESS January February 2012 the rise The EZ Grunt er let a bowhunter manage his bow with two hands and blow this relatively inexpensive call effectively Sometimes though you just cant put your nger on what makes a call appeal to hunters
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